Harry G. Perros is Professor in Computer Science at North Carolina State University. His research
interests include Queueing Theory, Simulation Techniques, Computer and Communications Performance
Modeling. He has published extensively in the area of performance modelling of computer and communication
systems, and has organised several national and international conferences.

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) has revolutionized telecommunications, and has become an integral part of
the networking infrastructure.

This introductory well-structured text on ATM networks describes their development, architecture,
congestion control, deployment, and signalling in an intuitive, accessible way. It covers extensive
background information and includes exercises that support the explanations throughout the book.